Hekim Ve Hekim Adaylarının Hekime Yönelik Şiddet Algıları: Bir Ön Çalışma

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate how medical students perceive and feel the increasing events of violence against physicians (VAP) in recent years. Method: This study was conducted with students and research assistants who attended a meeting about VAP at a Medical Faculty. A short sociodemographic information form prepared by the researchers, the Attitude Towards Violence Scale (ATVS) and the Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) were applied to the parti - cipants. Results: The mean age of 109 participants who were present at the meeting and completed the survey was 22.8±2.9 years (18-31), 33% were third class student and 29.4% were sixth class student. The frequency of witnessing VAP when they worked in the hospital or when they were the relatıves of the patıent was 74.3%. Very few participants stated that they were subjected to violence. While more than half of the research assistants, approximately half of the 6th grade students witnessed the VAP event, this ratio was lower in the first 3 grade students (p=0.001). Of the participants, 43% of the students who witnessed VAP stated that they felt anger towards the perpetrator and that they were afraid of the incident at the same rate, and 40% said they were worried about the incident. Those in the female sex were condemning fear and violence and those in the male sex were worried. Of the participants, 44% of respondents cited the cause of the violence as the lack of education of the public, while nearly half cited a lack of empathy towards doctors and patients. The mean score obtained from the ATVS was 18.63±6.0 points (10-35) and the mean score obtained from BHS was 8.10±2.9 points (3-17). The scores of ATVS and BHS scores were significantly higher in those who witnessed violence (p=0.001). Conclusion: The results of this study show that the medical students and research assistants who witness violence have increased their tendency to violence and made them desperate from the future. The importance of legal measures to prevent violence in health, effective communication methods education for the students and the feeling of safety in the environments they work in have been demonstrated once again for the future of public health and the medical profession.